Huntsville, TN
(2014-03-11) A Crossville man has been charged with rape in case involving
a runaway juvenile from CumberlandCounty that was found in
a local motel.

Billy
Ray Pugh, 48, of Crossville was arrested last week in CumberlandCounty following a local investigation
into allegation he had inappropriate contact with a 15-year-old CumberlandCounty
girl in a Huntsville
motel.The alleged victim, stated the
warrant filed by Detective Randy Lewallen of the Scott County Sheriff’s
Department, was reported as a missing and endangered child in early February by
Cumberland County authorities, who believed the teen may be in Scott
County.On February 17, 2014, local
authorities located the girl and returned her to CumberlandCounty.Upon return, the girl allegedly told
authorities that Pugh forced her to have sex with him at the Grand Vista Hotel
in Huntsville
on or about February 10, 2014 or February 11, 2014.

Pugh
was charged with rape. He is currently being held at the Scott County Jail
under a $150,000 bond.